Article Category: Sport of Kings

OISIN MURPHY’S COMEBACK

February 22, 2023

KILLARNEY NATIVE Oisin Murphy made his comeback last week after over a year on the sidelines following a British Horseracing Authority (BHA) ban... Read more »

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ELLIOTT’S STRATEGY

February 9, 2023

MICK O’LEARY’S re-engagement as an owner of national hunt horses has been welcomed by trainers and breeders and, given the significant clear out... Read more »

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BOLGER’S BIG GUNS

February 9, 2023

DESPITE A slowdown in winners and representation in the major races last year, octogenarian handler Jim Bolger has no plans to bow out... Read more »

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WHIPPING UP A STORM

February 9, 2023

FEBRUARY 13 sees the introduction across the Irish Sea of new, more stringent rules regarding the use of the whip. Given Cheltenham is... Read more »

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REDDINGTON’S RIDE

February 9, 2023

LONDON-BASED Irish property developer-turned amateur jockey John Reddington has become well known in recent years for his particular style in the saddle when... Read more »

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HUSBANDS’S HEADACHE

January 26, 2023
LEOPARDSTOWN BOSS Tim Husbands may still be basking in the glow of a successful Christmas festival, when over 60,000 race-goers attended over the four... Read more »

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PAUL BYRNE’S HORSE TRADING

January 26, 2023

RACEHORSE OWNERSHIP is a well-known way to burn through money but one man who is proving most adept at making a decent living... Read more »

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PAUL HENSEY’S POLITICAL CHALLENGE

January 26, 2023

CLEARLY THE lure back to Ireland was too strong to resist for Paul Hensey, with the news that he is to take over... Read more »

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DERRICK SMITH’S STRATEGY

January 26, 2023

WHEN THE former Aidan O’Brien-trained and Coolmore-owned High Definition was sold to bloodstock agent Mark McStay at Tattersalls last October for £350,000, it... Read more »

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O’LEARY PULLS NO PUNCHES

January 12, 2023

PAUL KIMMAGE began 2023 by reminding his Sindo readers on New Year’s Day that he hasn’t given up when it comes to exposing... Read more »

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LIMERICK’S MYSTERIOUS CROWDS

January 12, 2023

FORMER JUMP jockey Tom Rudd took over as the manager of Limerick racecourse late last year amid hopes that the track would see... Read more »

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AMO KEEPS OPTIONS OPEN

January 12, 2023

ONE MAJOR flat owner who likes to keep his trainers guessing is Kia Joorabchian of Amo Racing. The football club investor and tech... Read more »

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COMERS’ CHRISTMAS PLAN

January 12, 2023

EIGHT YEARS after the Comer brothers, Luke and Brian, acquired the Kilternan sports and leisure complex in south Co Dublin for €7m –... Read more »

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ELLIOTT’S FRONT NINE ADVANTAGE

December 15, 2022

THE IRISH national hunt season has provided entertainment over the last few weeks and viewers of RTÉ’s coverage of the sport every Sunday... Read more »

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RORY COLLINS’S CATALOGUE

December 15, 2022

MEATH BREEDER and owner Rory Collins has cashed in several of his racing jewels in recent weeks with mixed results. The Ennistown Stud... Read more »

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BONUS BLUES

December 15, 2022

FOR MANY, jockey Tom Queally will always be associated with steering the mighty Frankel to all of his successes on the racecourse 10... Read more »

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O’LEARY’S SPENDING SPREE

December 15, 2022

DESPITE THE general economic gloom, cost-of-living crisis, inflation concerns etc, etc, the market for high-end flat bloodstock is reaching boiling point and one... Read more »

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KEVIN O’RYAN’S SCHEDULE

December 1, 2022

RACING TV presenter Kevin O’Ryan is known to keep himself busy within the sport, juggling his broadcasting role with acting as a jockeys’... Read more »

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MCNALLY HANGING ON

December 1, 2022

THE CURIOUS case of trainer Ronan McNally rumbles on, despite reports in recent months that a decision was imminent as to whether he... Read more »

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KEVIN DOYLE’S NEW GOAL

December 1, 2022

WHEN FORMER Republic of Ireland striker Kevin Doyle paid €155,000 three years ago for a foal that was a half-brother to a then... Read more »

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ROBERT TYNER’S U-TURN

December 1, 2022

ANOTHER TRAINER who had a spot of bother with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) earlier this year is Robert Tyner. During the... Read more »

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KEVIN MANNING’S FUTURE

November 17, 2022

AFTER A successful career in the saddle spanning four decades, Kevin Manning finally hung up his boots after winning on Vocal Studies at... Read more »

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MV MAGNIER’S SPENDING SPREE

November 17, 2022

AFTER SADDLING three winners at the Breeders’ Cup in Lexington Kentucky, Aidan O’Brien is within sight of becoming the most successful trainer in... Read more »

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PHILIP BYRNES’S SETBACK

November 17, 2022

CHARLES BYRNES has bounced back in some style this year after serving his six-month ban for negligence in 2021 over the high-profile case... Read more »

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GAMBLE THAT NEVER WAS

November 17, 2022

A LOT of gambles are overhyped and often even invented by bookies to get ordinary punters to jump on the bandwagon and lash... Read more »

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PAUL BYRNE’S NEW NAG

November 2, 2022

WHEN TRAINER Emmett Mullins teams up with owner pal Paul Byrne for a horse deal, punters tend to take notice. They pulled off... Read more »

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KEELING’S PLAN STUMBLES

November 2, 2022

WHEN MONEYBAGS Joe Keeling and his ‘Friends of the Curragh’ proposed to boost the prize money to €600,000 for the Irish Cesarewitch at... Read more »

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SHARK’S YANKEE DOLLARS

November 2, 2022

NOT ONLY did John Shark Hanlon plunder America’s most prestigious jumps contest when his bargain buy, Hewick, landed the $250,000 American Grand National... Read more »

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ANDREW HOGAN’S HEAVY GOING

November 2, 2022

THE PROPOSED all-weather track development at Tipperary racecourse has suffered a potential setback in the form of a spanner lobbed into the planning... Read more »

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JOHN EGAN’S APOLOGY

October 19, 2022

VETERAN IRISH jockey John Egan has enjoyed something of a renaissance in his riding career over the past few seasons in Britain, where... Read more »

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O’CALLAGHAN’S CRYPTO LOSS

October 19, 2022

TRAINING FOR Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing delivers access to some top-class horses but it also brings plenty of headaches when it comes to... Read more »

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PHOTO FINISH FOR TITLE

October 19, 2022

JOCKEY COLIN Keane started the flat season back in March as the heavy favourite to land his third champion title in a row... Read more »

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MAGNANIMOUS MAGNIER

October 19, 2022

GIVEN THE focus on high inflation figures and the impact on the cost of living, it is unclear to some observers whether the... Read more »

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O’LOUGHLIN’S ROUGH RIDE

October 6, 2022

THE NEW chief executive of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), Darragh O’Loughlin, had his first experience of sitting in the Oireachtas hot... Read more »

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EADE IN THE SADDLE

October 6, 2022

HORSE RACING Ireland (HRI) chief executive Suzanne Eade also felt the heat of the public accounts committee chinwag last month, with questions about... Read more »

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MAHON’S SETBACKS

October 6, 2022

STEPHEN MAHON – the star witness in Paul Kimmage’s Sunday Indo series of allegations of widespread doping in horse-racing circles published earlier this... Read more »

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